Jane Elliot’s “Blue Eyes vs Brown Eyes” experiment was nothing short of shocking to me. In the beginning, she split her third grade class up into two groups: brown eyes and blue eyes. One day, she explained how the blue eyed students were better, the other day, how the brown eyed students were better. I couldn’t believe how quickly those children began to discriminate against their classmates because of eye color. After a short amount of time, it became clear how biased the brown eyed people were toward the blue eyed people. The rules were the children with blue eyes could go for seconds at lunch unlike the brown eyes. Also they couldn't play with the playground equipment. It made them realize how it felt to be treated in a different way and how the black people felt. I think even though they had this experiment they would still be racists because of the people around them and how they treat black people. It was a successful experiment; they learnt that there is difference to be blue or brown eyed. Also they teach other children by this experiment.
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